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Intellectual disability (ID) is a frequently and highly disabling health condition. Its prevalence is between 0.5 and 3% of the general population; it presents both an elevated physical as well as psychological comorbility and implies consequences for the person and their family throughout the life cycle. It is, thus, not surprising that ID represents the principal cause of health and social expenses in developed countries such as the United Kingdom and Holland. This fact should lead to the development of specific healthcare programs for this group, but, paradoxically, ID is the most forgotten of public health programs.

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